North Korea has denied any involvement in a hacking attack against South Korea's Ministry of National Defense (MND), saying Seoul is pulling off "a childish plot" to divert public attention from a political crisis, Yonhap news agency quoted North Korea's state-run Uriminzokkiri website as

The US State Department has approved the potential sale to Australia of military electronic warfare (EW) equipment to support its Boeing E/A-18G Growler electronic attack aircraft.
The Foreign Military Sale features an additional AEA-18G EW range system and related support, equipment, and training

The US State Department has approved a Moroccan request for 1,200 BGM-71-4B-RF wireless TOW 2A anti-tank missiles worth an estimated USD108, the Defence Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) announced on 8 December.
The DSCA said the missiles will "advance Morocco's efforts to develop an

A new piece of legislation that has quietly made its way through the US Congress over the past several months is calling for the creation of a new committee that would take concrete and even proactive steps against Russian 'new-generation warfare' and intelligence operations targeted against

South Korea has drawn up a list of 60 submarine components to be banned from export to North Korea, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) in Seoul said in an 8 December statement.
The watch list, which calls on other governments to ensure that the parts are not shipped to the communist country,

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China North Industries Corporation (NORINCO) has expanded its range of remote weapon stations (RWS) with the development of the UW4A, IHS Jane's has learned.
At this stage it has not been confirmed if the UW4A has been developed to meet the operational requirements of the People's Liberation Army

The Bangladesh Navy (BN) has issued a tender for the procurement of two new maritime helicopters to be delivered in the coming months.
The tender specification seen by IHS Jane's in early December calls for the procurement of two helicopters to be used for anti-submarine warfare (ASW), anti-surface

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The passage of law making the Hashd al-Shaabi part of Iraq's armed forces will not increase government oversight or influence over Shia militias.
However, the legislation will safeguard militias against pressure to demobilize following the conclusion of military operations against the